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Efficiency of copper removal by Sargassum sinicola in batch and continuous systems

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The efficiency of batch and continuous systems of copper removal by Sargassum sinicola was studied. The effects of flow rate, initial metal concentration, and bed density on the capacity of the continuous system were also recorded. In batch systems, the maximum biosorption capacity was calculated as 49.63 ± 0.88 mg g−1; in the continuous system, under the following conditions: flow rate of 10 mL min−1, initial solution of 200 mg Cu L−1, bed density of 150 g L−1, and higher copper removal of 62.39 ± 1.91 mg g−1 was achieved. The Thomas model can be used to predict the breakthrough curves, but it underestimated breakthrough time.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Baudilio Acosta, Alejandra Mazariegos, Orlando Lugo, and Claudia Pérez of CIBNOR for technical assistance. Ira Fogel of CIBNOR provided editorial services. Funding was provided by Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR grants PC0.05 and EP 3) and CONACYT grant 179327. M.P.P. was a recipient of a CONACYT doctoral fellowship. M. Casas-Valdez is a COFAA-IPN and EDI-IPN fellow. P. Lodeiro acknowledges financial support from the Ángeles Alvariño project AA 10.02.56B.444.0 from Xunta de Galicia and co-funded by the European Social Fund.

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  1. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico

    Mónica Patrón-Prado, Daniel B. Lluch-Cota, Elisa Serviere-Zaragoza, Tania Zenteno-Savín & Lía Méndez-Rodríguez

  2. Departamento de Química Física e Ingeniería Química I, Universidad de A Coruña, Rúa da Fraga no.10, 15008, Coruña, Spain

    Pablo Lodeiro

  3. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas-IPN (CICIMAR-IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional S/N. Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico

    Margarita Casas-Valdez

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Patrón-Prado, M., Lodeiro, P., Lluch-Cota, D.B. et al. Efficiency of copper removal by Sargassum sinicola in batch and continuous systems. J Appl Phycol 25, 1933–1937 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0031-6

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